My father's story has every element: it has love; it has war; it has Nazis. It has so many different things." - Joe Louis Barrow II

DETROIT, MI -- One of boxing legend Joe Louis' six children believes a movie about the Detroit sports icon's life is "inevitable" because he believes fans don't want to see his father's legacy die.

Joe Louis Barrow II, in charge of his father's estate, told MLive.com he doesn't know who could play the world heavyweight champion from 1937-49, but has already talked to at least one producer about the project.

"There would be no Jackie Robinson without Joe Louis," Barrow said Monday, on the eve of his fathers' 100th birthday. "My father's story has every element: it has love; it has war; it has Nazis. It has so many different things."

Louis, born in La Fayette, Ala., moved to Detroit 10 years after his birth and became a national hero in 1937 when he defeated German Max Schmeling.

The historic win in the "Fight of the Century" was earned in the first round and also marked a triumph over Nazi propaganda that helped inflate Schmeling's image by the hate organization as a model of Aryan supremacy.

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